Jiangdong has always been a weak general and outstanding. Its four british generals: Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun, have successively become the pillars of defense of Jiangdong, and all the martial generals are eclipsed in front of them, and even when Jiangdong is mentioned, there is a situation where there are only handsome talents and no fierce generals.
As the head of the Jiangdong generals, how is Cheng Pu's combat strength, and how many of them can he rank among the Jiangdong generals?
Cheng Pu had a good performance in his early conquests with Sun Jian, against Dong Zhuo and against Liu Biao. In 189 AD, the Eighteenth Route princes led by Yuan Shao rebelled against Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao, with Sun Jian the Taishou of Changsha as the vanguard general, approached Shuishui Pass. Dong Zhuo sent the general Hua Xiong to fight the coalition forces, and In order to seize the first merit, Bao Xin, the minister of Jibei, sent his brother Bao Zhong to challenge Sun Jian before Sun Jian. As a result, he was beheaded by Hua Xiong in only one round, and the coalition army was defeated.
After Sun Jian arrived, he challenged him in front of Guanqian. Hua Xiong ordered his deputy general Hu Yi to fight, Cheng Pu made an iron spear to meet the battle, "Fighting Without Counting" a spear stabbed Hu Yi to death, Sun Jian saw that Cheng Pu won, so he attacked Fenshui Pass, and Hua Xiong held the city.
When Dong Zhuo was defeated, Sun Jian and others rushed into Luoyang and fished for the Chuanguo Jade Seal in the well. Cheng Pu told the history of the Chuanguo Jade Seal in front of everyone and persuaded Sun Jian to return to Jiangdong to plot major events. It can be seen that Cheng Pu was not only a fierce general under Sun Jian at that time, but also served as a military master.-like mind.
When Sun Jian returned to Jiangdong, he formed a grudge with Liu Biao, and later Sun Jian prepared an army to attack Liu Biao for revenge. Liu Biao's general Cai Mao asked to fight the Jiangdong Army, not wanting to be "defeated" by Cheng Pu and returning to the army. Although Jiangdong was unstoppable, Sun Jian died of an arrow because he went deep alone. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others desperately tried to protect Sun Ce from the siege.
The Great War is too Shi Ci
If Hu Yi, Cai Mao and others are small characters, they can't see Cheng Pu's combat effectiveness. The battle between Cheng Pu and Tai Shi Ci established his position as a first-class warlord.
Sun Ce used his father Yuxi at Yuan Shu's office to get three thousand men and horses, and by the way, he pulled Cheng Pu Huanggai and others out of Yuan Shu's control and conquered Jiangdong. During the battle against Liu Xuan, Sun Ce met the fierce general Tai Shi Ci, who was not taken seriously by Liu Sui because of his young age. But his martial arts are indeed a rare brave warrior in the Three Kingdoms. In the early Days of the Battle of the North Sea, Tai Shi Ci rode through the siege alone, pulling a bow and shooting arrows, scaring off the Yellow Turban Army, and successfully seeking support from Liu Bei.
Sun Ce led thirteen horsemen to spy on Liu Xuan's army. Tai Shi Ci heard that he had asked for orders to go to war, but unfortunately Liu Xuan despised Sun Ce, and of course he also looked down on Tai Shi Ci, so he did not take the opportunity to kill. Tai Shi Ci had no choice but to fight with a young general, Sun Ce and others, and Tai Shi Ci and the "Little Overlord" Sun Ce fought for more than a hundred rounds without winning or losing, which was the "Battle of Shenting Ridge".
Later, Sun Ce and Liu Xuanjun fought, Tai Shi Ci came out, Cheng Pu asked Tai Shi Ci to fight, and the two fought "thirty rounds" without winning or losing.
In the original work, it is written: Cheng Pu was furious and took Tai Shi Ci directly with a gun. The two horses intersected, and the battle reached thirty, and Liu Xuan hurriedly collected the army. Tai Shi Ci said, "I was about to capture the thief general, so why did I collect the army?" ”
It can be seen from this that Cheng Pu's combat strength and Tai Shi Ci can be equal in a short period of time, and if the battle continues for a long time, it is likely to lose, just as Tai Shi Ci said, he is about to capture the thief. Many friends will think that when a warrior fights, he will be able to fight strongly. Although the words of many military generals are a bit exaggerated, Tai Shi Ci is loyal and righteous, and it is likely that he is telling the truth. And Liu Xuan's collection of troops was also caused by Zhou Yu and others sneaking into the rear.
It is common for a warrior to go head-to-head in a performance, such as reaching fifty rounds or more, proving that the two are in the same force value, and if the battle reaches thirty rounds without winning or losing, it can only mean that the martial arts are close. From the original work, it can be inferred that Cheng Pu and Tai Shi Ci will fight at least fifty rounds before they will show defeat, otherwise Sun Ce will be behind, and it is impossible to watch the veteran Cheng Pu support bitterly and die at the hands of Tai Shi Ci. Then why is Cheng Pu's martial arts in Jiangdong?
Although Jiangdong did not have any super martial generals, such as Xu Chu, Dianwei, Zhao Yun and others, they were proud of Jiangdong. However, Sun Quan still had several generals under him who could fight in battle, no less than Zhang Liao and the like.
Gan Ning and Ling Tong were outstanding representatives of the generals of Jiangdong. Gan Ning was skilled in martial arts and excellent in archery, and the Battle of Chibi and Zhou Lang defeated the Cao army. In one or two rounds, Ma Yan Zhang Qi and others were solved, killing Cao Jun and fleeing. In the Battle of Hefei, Gan Ning was a pioneer and had the merit of defeating Zhu Guang. At the Battle of Nan County, he also defeated Cao Hong, the general of the Cao Army, in twenty rounds, and although Cao Hong was suspected of being defeated, Gan Ning was also brave. In particular, he was praised by Sun Quan as "Meng De has Zhang Liao, and the lonely have Gan Xingba, which is enough to rival him!" It can also be seen that Gan Ning is Jiangdong's version of "Zhang Liao".
Ling Tong is the best among the second generation of generals, Ling Tong has the experience of "fifty rounds" to draw Zhang Liao, Le Jin and others. However, from the battle with Zhang Liao, Sun Quan was afraid of his mistakes, and when he fought with Lejin, Cao Cao ordered people to shoot cold arrows, it can be seen that Ling Tong's martial arts were slightly stronger between Zhang Liao and Lejin.
And Cheng Pu has thirty rounds of draws with Tai Shi Ci's ability, after the above analysis, so Cheng Pu's martial arts are roughly equivalent to Cao Wei Lejin's, slightly weaker than Ling Tong.
Therefore, in summary, Cheng Pu should be ranked after Tai Shi Ci, Gan Ning, and Ling Tong, and as for Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, and others, martial arts belonging to the second rate should be weaker than Cheng Pu. And Zhou Tai due to the instability of combat strength, the upper limit of the force to kill several people Wei Zhen Jiangdong, the lower limit and Han Dang "thirty rounds" only with Xu Chu, so the strongest is similar to Cheng Pu, all belong to the weak one.
The above information mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.